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CHARLES P. PIERCE, OF LEOMINSTER, MASSACHUSETTS.

DEVICE FOR REPAIRING HOSE.

STIECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent Ne, 316,566, dated April 28, 1885 I Application filed November 28, 1884. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES P. PIERCE, of Leominster, in the county of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, have invented a Double-Headed Clamping-Wire for Bepairing Hose; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which Figure 1 represents a view of one end of a section of hose to be united to another piece by the use of my invention, as will be hereinafter described. Fig. 2 represents a top or plan view of the parts shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 represents atop or plan view of the core and section of hose united or secured together by means of my double-headed clamping-wire. Fig. 4 represents a side view of my said double-headed clamping-wire; and Fig. 5 represents sections of two pieces of hose united by means of my double-headed clamping-wire, as will be hereinafter more fully described.

To enable those skilled in the art to which my invention belongs to practice the same, I will proceed to describe it more in detail.

The nature of my invention consists in a double-headed clamping-wire the heads of which are solid and conical on their inner edges, as will be hereinafter described.

In the drawings, the part marked A repre sents a section or piece of hose to be united to another piece, and, as the union of both ends of the hose with the connecting-core is'the same, it will only be necessary to show and describe the invention as applied to one end of the hose, since, when both ends are united, they appear the same, as fully indicated in Fig. 5 of the drawings.

The part marked B represents a metal core having a groove, 0, on each end. This core can be made of cast-iron, thus rendering it very cheap.

D represents the wire clamping device, which consists of two arms, E E, pivoted together at F, with tightening and twisting 1e- The tightening-lever ends G G are slotted, as shown at a a, and I prefer to make such slots with a circular cavity, as indicated in dotted and full lines at b.

faces in this instance are made flat; but they could be made slightly rounding, if preferred.

As the heads 00 are round or circular in form it does not make any difference which side is first inserted in the clamping-jaws when the wire is to be applied for fastening the hose to the core-piece, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, and after being applied there are no rough jagged surfaces to scratch the hand of the operator or person using the hose. These wires are to be made of regular and given lengths for fastening given sizes of pipes, and can be made very rapidly and put upon the market for sale at a very moderate expense, thus enabling every one having occasion to repair hose to procure the same whenever desired at a trifling expense.

The operation is as follows: The operator takes one end of a piece of hose to be joined to another and inserts therein the uniting-core B, and then takes the clamping-wire H and bends it around the hose over groove 0, and bends the ends past each other, and then ap plies the wire-clamping device D, as shown in Fig. 1, the arms F F being drawn together,

thereby drawing and tightening the clampingwire about the hose and drawing it into the groove 0, as fully indicated in dotted lines, Fig. 1, after which the clamping device is turned by hand and the ends I I of the clamping-wire twisted or locked together, as shown 8 5 in Fig. 3 of the drawings, thus securely and tightly fastening the end of the hose A to one end oftheuniting-coreB. Afterthisoperation has been performed the other end of the uniting-core is in like manner secured to the 0 end of the other piece of hose to be united, thus uniting the ends of the hose securely together, as fully indicated in Fig. 5 of the drawings.

Those skilled in the art to which my inven- 5 tion belongs will thus see that by my invention pieces of broken or injured hose can be united, and at a trifling expense, and the operation is so simple that an ordinary laborer can unite hose, thus saving great expense to householders, in that their-broken, hose can be united Without the trouble of taking them to a repair-shop. It may also be used with good advantage in case of fires, as when a hose bursts it can be united for the time being in this manner, and thus prevent the hose from being laid aside and sections of it taken out in consequence of such bursting.

As only about a half turn or bend of each end of the clamping-WireH is necessary to make the fastening, which locking operation is effected by a half-turn of the operators hand while holding the clamping or locking device D, the ends of said clamping-wire, as well as the bend or look in the same, are well'em- I 5 bedded in the groove or depression in the rubber, which renders the connection unobjectionable in handling the hose.

Having described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent 20 as an improved article of manufacture, is

A double-headed clamping-wire, H, for mending broken hose, constructed substantially as described.

- CHARLES P. PIERCE. SVitnesses: I

THos'. H. DODGE, OHAs. D. GAY. 

